diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c b/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
index bf9d070a4496..da494fe451ba 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/rsrc_nonstatic.c
@@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ static int do_validate_mem(struct pcmcia_socket *s,
 
 	if (validate && !s->fake_cis) {
 		/* move it to the validated data set */
-		add_interval(&s_data->mem_db_valid, base, size);
+		ret = add_interval(&s_data->mem_db_valid, base, size);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 		sub_interval(&s_data->mem_db, base, size);
 	}